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Senior Electrical, Motor and Motor Drive Engineer (R6021)

Shield AI· X-BAT Division – X-BAT Engineering - Avionics
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Seattle, WA$145k - $218kFull Time EmployeePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior electrical engineer focused on motor drive, power electronics, and controls for aircraft; responsible for design, verification, qualification, and cross-functional collaboration within Shield AI’s avionics programs (V-BAT/X-BAT).

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design of aircraft motor drive, power electronics, and controls
  • Design high voltage power electronics circuits, integrate power electronics with motors and controls, execute hands on circuit verification and dyno testing
  • Be responsible for schematic capture, modeling, simulation, analysis, and testing
  • Engage cross functionally with software, mechanical, embedded, CAD, production, users, and all other relevant teams
  • Execute qualification and reliability campaigns. Debug and root cause failures
  • Help develop automated production test solutions

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 2+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
  • Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
  • Demonstrated record of teamwork and high standards, and being kind to others
  • Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
  • Proficient with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, E-loads, multimeters, etc.

Skills

Required:Electrical engineeringCircuit designSchematic capture

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: pay within range + temporary benefits (after 60 days)
  • Salary compensation influenced by skill set, experience, licenses/certifications, and location
  • All offers contingent on cleared background and possible reference check
  • Military fellows and part-time employees not eligible for benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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